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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English effectiveness From effective + -ness.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аеффектра (ajeffekʼtʼra) — property
• Azerbaijani: səmərə — property
• Catalan: efectivitat — property
• Chinese Mandarin: 有效性 (yǒuxiàoxìng) — property
• Egyptian: Ax-x:W-Y1:Z2 (ꜣḫw) — property
• Finnish: vaikuttavuus — property
• French: efficacité — property
• Georgian: ეფექტიანობა (epekṭianoba) — property
• German: Wirksamkeit — property
• German: Effektivität — property
• German: Wirkungsfähigkeit — property
• Greek: αποτελεσματικότητα (apotelesmatikótita) — property
• Ancient Greek: δρᾶσις (drâsis) — property
• Hungarian: hatásosság — property
• Hungarian: eredményesség — property
• Indonesian: efektivitas — property
• Indonesian: keefektifan — property
• Italian: efficacia — property
• Kazakh: нәтижелілік (nätijelılık) — property
• Kazakh: тиімділік (tiımdılık) — property
• Central Kurdish: بەسوودی (besûdî) — property
• Latvian: iedarbīgums — property
• Latvian: lietderīgums — property
• Latvian: efektivitāte — property
• Malay: keberkesanan — property
• Malayalam: ഫലപ്രാപ്തി (phalaprāpti) — property
• Manx: breeoilid — property
• Plautdietsch: Wirkjunk — property
• Polish: skuteczność — property
• Portuguese: eficiência — property
• Romanian: eficacitate — property
• Romanian: eficiență — property
• Russian: эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) — property
• Russian: результати́вность (rezulʹtatívnostʹ) — property
• Serbo-Croatian: učinkòvitōst — property
• Serbo-Croatian: djelotvórnōst — property
• Serbo-Croatian: ȅfikasnōst — property
• Spanish: efectividad — property
• Ukrainian: ефекти́вність (efektývnistʹ) — property
• Ukrainian: результати́вність (rezulʹtatývnistʹ) — property
• Finnish: vaikuttavuus — capacity or potential
• German: Durchsetzungsfähigkeit — capacity or potential
• German: Durchsetzungsvermögen — capacity or potential
• Spanish: eficacia — capacity or potential
• Azerbaijani: səmərə — degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 成效 (chéngxiào) — degree
• Chinese Mandarin: 效力 (xiàolì) — degree
• Dutch: effectiviteit — degree
• Finnish: vaikuttavuus — degree
• Finnish: teho — degree
• German: Wirksamkeit — degree
• German: Wirkungsgrad — degree
• Hungarian: hatásosság — degree
• Italian: efficacia — degree
• Kazakh: нәтижелілік (nätijelılık) — degree
• Russian: эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) — degree
• Russian: результати́вность (rezulʹtatívnostʹ) — degree